How about RMAN> list backup of controlfile; Seems pretty easy to me. On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 6:24 AM, hrishy <hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > How do you find out which backupiece contains the controlfile. > One way is to go through the rman logfiles. > > And the other way i cna think of is run dbms_backup_restore on each of the > backup piece in your backupset. > > is there another easy way > > regards > Hrishy > > > --- On Wed, 16/7/08, Jeremiah Wilton <jeremiah@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Jeremiah Wilton <jeremiah@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: RE: an interview question > > To: prabhu_adam@xxxxxxxxxxx, "'Oracle List'" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Wednesday, 16 July, 2008, 8:00 PM > > Prabhu, Krishnaswamy wrote: > > > > > Is it possible to recover a database whose couple of > > datafiles , all > > multiplexed > > > controlfiles and rman catalog repository are lost. A > > complete rman backup > > exists > > > but catalog and control files are lost. > > > > RMAN> restore controlfile from <backuppiece>; > > > > Something easy to find with google or the documentation. > > > > IIRC in 8i it used to require some effort and calls > > directly to > > dbms_backup_restore. > > > > Jeremiah Wilton > > ORA-600 Consulting > > http://www.ora-600.net > > > > > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > __________________________________________________________ > Not happy with your email address?. > Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now > at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >